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THE UNSEEN

Highlight: The debut film of young Argentinian director Nicolás Puenzo, winner of the prize PREMIO LA MAYOR CINE and PREMIO INCAA at Ventana Sur 2016

Synopsis:
A pregnant Quechua girl and her creole partner escape from a refugee camp. On their trek south across the Bolivian Highlands, now a barren wasteland controlled by bloody militia groups, they meet Ruiz, a 50-year-old, war-scarred photographer who seeks to save them from the war zone, salvaging what remains of his humanity.

Director Biography:
Nicolás Puenzo cemented his career directing advertising for widespread international brands. He co-directed and photographed the 12-chapter series Cromo currently streaming in Netflix. In parallel to directing, Nicolas is widely recognised as DP, winning the Condor Award for his work in The German Doctor.

Director Statement:
As we enter into this new century, I’m once and again surprised at the quick pace the World is changing as it incorporates technologies and modifies old structures to become a new World. I find it urgent that cinema turns its lens on the reasons and instruments through which violence becomes systematised and millions of people become excluded.

Cast Biography: GERMÁN PALACIOS is an Argentinian actor who achieved worldwide recognition after his roles in La Vida Nueva and XXY.

PETER LANZINI is a young up-and-coming Argentinian actor who has starred in films such as El Clan, Hipersomnia and Solo Se Vive Una Vez